He said,”Mahatama Gandhi, Jayprakash Narayan, Karpoori Thakur and Morarji Desai were in favour of prohibition and made attempts for it. We have implemented total ban on liquor only after studying different aspects and experiences of varied states.”

When reminded that the Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor had criticised the ban saying that he would not not visit Bihar now, Kumar told reporters, “It seems as if he used to come every now and then to Bihar before prohibition.”

The Bihar chief minister denied the criticism that the ban will cause loss to the state exchequer.